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As quoted from the linked post.

It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To access the site you can log on via desktop, the mobile apps, or wait for the experiment to conclude.

This is separate from the API issue. This will actually BLOCK you from even viewing reddit on your phone without using the official app.

Archive.org link in case the post is removed.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230611224026/https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's so completely wild and backwards. Imagine your not a reddit user, but a search leads you to a reddit link, and you're on your phone. You see all this stuff about downloading the app instead, and you're just going to bail, never reading the post. If there was no friction, they may have converted a new user.

They act like everyone already uses reddit and the users are so addicted they'll put up with anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They act like everyone already uses reddit and the users are so addicted they'll put up with anything.

To be honest, this may actually be true for a significant portion of the userbase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Quora, basically.

I don't think I've ever successfully read one of those, because Google brings me to the site and then it demands I log in. They even go so far as to blur all the content. It's really really stupid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re going to do the Instagram thing where you can view a teaser but then it forces you to the app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is why I never got into instagram. So often I just couldn't view the image. I'm like, imgur is better than this.